Carpenter&#39;s house-bracket.



I. F. SMALL.

CARPENTERS HOUSE BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED WWI-1,1915.

Patented Nov. 21, 1916.

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JOHN F. SMALL,'OF JEFFERSON, NEW HAMPSHIRE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WINFRED A. THOMFSON, OF JEFFERSON, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

CARPENTER3 HOUSE-BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 21, 1916.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JoHN F. SMALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jefferson, in the county of Coos and State of Hampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carpenters House- Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in carpenters house brackets, the object being to provide a staging bracket which carpenters require either upon new building jobs, or upon repair work, for use either upon the walls or roofs of buildings. lhe advantages of this bracket'are as follows It may be used for wall or roof, thereby making one bracket do the work of two as heretofore, and the ease of applying it to wall or roof of old or new building by means of a clamp without disturbing any inside plaster or trim, and doing away with the old style dangerous bracket held in place with a prop.

Another advantage is that it is easily folded into small compass for storage or carrying, and easily handled either when in use or out of use.

Still another advantage is its simplicity, and saving of expense over the well-known brackets now in use, making one do the work of two, as the present invention is applicable to either wall or roof, as previously stated.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure -1 is a view in side elevation, showing my improved bracket applied to a wall; Fig. 2 is a top view showing the bracket partly applied; Fig. 3 is a view showing the bracket collapsed; Fig. 4 is a view of the bracket as it appears upon a one-third pitch; Fig. 5 is a similar view of the bracket on a square pitch; Fig. 6 is a detail of right end of top joist of bracket showing the bolt-holes; Fig. 7 is a detail view of a wall clip; Fig. 8 is a view of the bottom bracket clamp; Fig. 9 is a view of the link; and Fig. 10 is a view of thumb-screw link.

The bracket is composed of three main parts, indicated by the numerals 1, 2 and 3. These are pivotally connected together at their ends, preferably by the different forms of clamps 4 and 5 shown in Figs. 8 and 10 and the link 6 shown in Fig. 9. The bracket is adjustable into several difierent positions,

among which are those shown in Figs. 1, 3, i and 5. Each of the parts 1, 2 and 3 is provided with a hole 7, and a wall-clip 8. One end of this clip is inserted through one of the holes 7 of the bracket when the latter is fastened to a wall or roof, as shown for instance in Figs. 1, 4 and 5; then it is turned a quarter-turn, as shown in Fig. 2, the bracket thus being placed in a sidewise positlon with the wall, when the clip is inserted 1n a hole 9 bored in the wall or the roof, as the case may be, after which the bracket is brought to right-angles with the wall or roof, and the clip turned in a downward position, as shown in Figs. 1 and 7 after which the thumb-screw or clip is turned until it is tight against the member of the bracket through which it is inserted. When folded, the holes 7 in the three parts 1, 2, and 3 are in alinement, as in Fig. 3, and the clip 8 is passed through them, and the thumb-nut 10 is turned up tight against the member to which it is adjacent to hold them tight. By the use of the clamp 4: and the links 5 and 6, the various adjustments of the bracket such as shown in Figs. 1, 3, 4., and 5, and possibly others, may be made, the upper member of the clip always being horizontal or approximately so.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that the bracket is easily applied either to a vertical wall or to a sloping roof of different pitches, or that it may be folded together and held in small compass, as shown in Fig. 3.

I claim:

A collapsible bracket comprising three members, two of them connected to the ends of the third each by a link pivoted at both ends to the respective members at such a distance from the end of each that the end of each of the two members adjacent the third member may be swung to either abut or be abutted by the third member, and so that the two members may be swung to a position parallel to and one on each side of the third member, in combination with means for connecting the outer ends of the two members to each other; each of the members having a hole therethrough and a securing hook interchangeably engageable with the hole of any member.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

JOHN F. SMALL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

1 Washington, D G. 

